France-Lise McGurn
b. 1983, United Kingdom
Born in 1983, France-Lise McGurn lives and works in Glasgow and London, UK. After completing her studies at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, UK, she obtained her masters at the Hunter College of Art, New York, NY and the Royal College of Art, London, UK, both in 2012. In 2005, she was awarded the John Kinross Scholarship to Florence by the Royal Scottish Academy. She has also received the John Milne Purvis prize (2005) and the Jeremy Cubitt prize (2010). Her work has been the subject of a number of solo museum, gallery, and art fair presentations, most recently: Studio Voltaire, London, UK (2023); Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2022); The Armory Show, New York, NY (2022); Glasgow International, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, UK (2021); Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland (2020); Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2020); Tramway, Glasgow, UK (2020); Tate Britain, London, UK (2019); Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, UK (2018); Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK (2017); and Bosse and Baum, London, UK (2016). Recent group exhibitions include Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2023); Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, UK (2022); Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK (2022); Drawing Room, London, UK (2021); Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK (2021); Simon Lee Gallery, New York , NY (2020); Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK (2019); CCA, Glasgow, UK (2018); Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, UK which travelled to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (2018); Une Une Une, Perpignan, France (2017) and David Roberts Collection, London, UK (2017).